Kitchell v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Norman C. Kitchell (claimant) was a resident of Riverside, New Jersey and was employed as a weigher by Lukens Steel Company, Coatesville, Pennsylvania. In February of 1971 the claimant lost his job and he thereafter sought Pennsylvania unemployment compensation benefits through the Interstate Claims System. Subsequently the Interstate Claims Office of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment Security found that the claimant had voluntarily left his employment without due cause and was therefore ineligible for benefits pursuant to Section 402(b)(1) of the Unemployment…